Consciousness and the neurobiology of perceptual binding

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-170

  Hardcastle, Valerie Gray ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

40 Hz oscillations; Binding; Dynamical systems; Perceptual unity; Superposition catastrophe; Synchronous firing; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

EID: 0030994504     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1040926     Document Type: Article

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